David Hildebrand Wilson
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David Hildebrand Wilson is an American curator and conceptual artist best known as the co-founder and director of the surreal, pseudo-scientific Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Hildebrand Wilson canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5057184 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Hildebrand Wilson Context triple: [Museum of Jurassic Technology, foundedBy, David Hildebrand Wilson]
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A.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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B.
David C. Wilson
David C. Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the script for the 2015 spy film adaptation of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
Don W. Wilson
Don W. Wilson is an American archivist and historian who served as the head of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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D.
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson was an American screenwriter renowned for his work on classic films such as "A Place in the Sun," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," and "Lawrence of Arabia," for which he received multiple Academy Awards for screenwriting, some initially uncredited due to the Hollywood blacklist.
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E.
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson was a film producer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century American Westerns and dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Hildebrand Wilson Target entity description: David Hildebrand Wilson is an American curator and conceptual artist best known as the co-founder and director of the surreal, pseudo-scientific Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
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A.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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B.
David C. Wilson
David C. Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the script for the 2015 spy film adaptation of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
Don W. Wilson
Don W. Wilson is an American archivist and historian who served as the head of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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D.
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson was an American screenwriter renowned for his work on classic films such as "A Place in the Sun," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," and "Lawrence of Arabia," for which he received multiple Academy Awards for screenwriting, some initially uncredited due to the Hollywood blacklist.
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E.
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson was a film producer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century American Westerns and dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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curator ⓘ human ⓘ museum director ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Culver City
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Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Museum of Jurassic Technology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directorOf | Museum of Jurassic Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ museum curation ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasPartInHisWork |
cabinet of curiosities aesthetics
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experimental museology ⓘ pseudo-scientific narrative strategies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pseudo-scientific presentations
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surreal museum exhibits ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor | blurring boundaries between fact and fiction in exhibitions ⓘ |
| notableRole | founding director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology ⓘ |
| notableWork | Museum of Jurassic Technology ⓘ |
| occupation |
conceptual artist
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curator ⓘ museum director ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles area
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linked to:
Greater Los Angeles Area
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| workLocation |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Hildebrand Wilson Description of subject: David Hildebrand Wilson is an American curator and conceptual artist best known as the co-founder and director of the surreal, pseudo-scientific Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lawrence Weschler's book "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder"
subject linked to:
Lawrence Weschler's book "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder"
subject linked to:
"Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder"